Pumpkin Patch!

In attempts to update on life as of late, this is a three week late post about our trip to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Kruger Farms on Sauvie Island. We've been so busy that we didn't have a chance to go out there until the weekend before Halloween (and we still haven't cut open our pumpkins!!). It was, however, a gorgeous day so putting it off might have been a good choice. :)

The corn maze this year was in the shape of the Blazer's symbol, and we managed to find our way out in about 20 minutes the first time. We made sure to go through more than once though so that we could get our money's worth! It was a good thing we brought our boots though ... the maze was REALLY muddy! Brandon compared it to pig slop ... so that should give you some kind of indication about how muddy it was.
I think this is the first corn maze that Brandon and I have been to together -- who knew we had such an aptitude for it! :) We had a really good time and thankfully it wasn't raining.
After the corn maze we treked up to the pumpkin patch which seemed like a really good idea until I realized that we were going to have to carry three pumpkins back ... and I'm pregnant. haha However, there were a lot of people there so we didn't want to wait in the long line for the hay ride out there.
Brandon is really particular about his pumpkins -- they have to be perfectly round and the perfect color orange. It's cute. :) He muscled two of our three pumpkins (the heaverier two, I should add) back to the car too.
My pumpkin and me -- looks like I have another pumpkin smuggled under my shirt! haha
As I mentioned earlier, we still haven't carved our pumpkins. We went on a Saturday and this trip pretty much wore me out. Sunday was a lazy day and we never got around to carving them during the week. It's hard to get much done after work when we get home at 6 and I go to bed around 9. Halloween weekend we went to Medford and forgot the pumpkins at home, so we didn't carve them then either. Sooo ... needless to say ... we still have three pumpkins sitting at home waiting to be chopped up, boiled, and made into pumpkin bread! :)
Denali found out that he loves pumpkins. He actually thinks the pumpkins are strange ... but he loves the stems. This particular pumpkin doesn't have a stem at all anymore because the dog thought it would be a really good idea to eat the entire thing. :) He's so strange, but let's face it ... we already knew that. :)